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Tea Party Favorite Lays Into Obama‚Äôs Newest Executive Order in CNN Interview: ‚ÄėUnconstitutional,‚Äô ‚ÄėContempt,‚Äô a ‚ÄėViolation‚Äô

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Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) on Tuesday
slammed President Barack Obama‚Äôs plan to sign an executive order
increasing the minimum wage for federal contractors to $10.10 an hour,
calling the plan a ‚Äúconstitutional violation.‚ÄĚ

In
this Oct. 15, 2013 file photo, Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, walks from
House Speaker John Boehner‚Äôs office with reporters in pursuit on Capitol
Hill in Washington. (AP Photo)

Obama is expected to announce the wage
increase, the latest example of the White House bypassing Congress to
achieve specific goals, at Tuesday‚Äôs State of the Union address.

‚ÄúI think it‚Äôs a constitutional
violation,‚ÄĚ King said during a CNN interview. ‚ÄúWe have a minimum wage.
Congress has set it. For the president to simply declare ‚ÄėI‚Äôm going to
change this law that Congress has passed,‚Äô is unconstitutional. He‚Äôs
outside the bounds of his Article II limitations.‚ÄĚ

‚ÄúThis threat that the president is
going to run the government with an ink pen and executive orders, we‚Äôve
never had a president with that level of audacity and that level of
contempt for his own oath of office,‚ÄĚ King added.

CNN host Chris Cuomo interjected to
note that former President Bill Clinton signed far more executive orders
than Obama, adding ‚Äúif you want to stay with your line of reasoning, it
could be a little bit of a dangerous game.‚ÄĚ

‚ÄúHow invested are you in this,
representative, because if he really is abusing his constitutional
powers, some might say that‚Äôs ground for action against the president,
maybe even an impeachable offense. Is that what you‚Äôre saying?‚ÄĚ Cuomo
continued.

‚ÄúYou know, I‚Äôve stayed away from that
word, although it does come to me on the streets of America
consistently,‚ÄĚ King said. ‚ÄúI think instead, this Congress should lay out
the violations that the president has had. And there are many.‚ÄĚ

Obama knows better, King added.

‚ÄúIt‚Äôs Congress‚Äôs job to pass the laws.
He knows that. And we need to take our oath seriously and defend the
Constitution,‚ÄĚ he said.

Meanwhile, as King and others railed
against the president‚Äôs latest executive order, White House chief of
staff Denis McDonough told CBS News that ‚Äúrather than sit and wait for
Congress to take action, we‚Äôre going to go ahead and roll out on our
own, using the president‚Äôs authority.‚ÄĚ

‚ÄúNobody who works full time and works
hard at their job should live in poverty. We think $10.10 an hour will
allow them to do that,‚ÄĚ he said, adding that the White House will ‚Äúlook
to work with Congress where we can, but I think as we‚Äôve seen over the
last several years now, Congress sometimes is a little slow to action.‚ÄĚ

Then the legislative branch needs to file an injunction against the executive branch at the judicial branch. This is dangerous and it must be stopped. Too much power in any one branch of government must not be allowed to continue.

Quoting JoshRachelsMAMA: Then the legislative branch needs to file an injunction against the executive branch at the judicial branch. This is dangerous and it must be stopped. Too much power in any one branch of government must not be allowed to continue.

I don't see how people earning a living wage screams danger. Congress is useless yet continue to be paid well. They think Americans should earn less while they raise their own salaries that WE all pay for. I say sign away Mr. President. You cannot oppose welfare and a living wage. What bufoons think that is actually a working argument??

I don't see how people earning a living wage screams danger. Congress is useless yet continue to be paid well. They think Americans should earn less while they raise their own salaries that WE all pay for. I say sign away Mr. President. You cannot oppose welfare and a living wage. What bufoons think that is actually a working argument??

Which part is unlawful?? The Constitution does allow a President to operate outside of Congress in certan situations. If you are going to claim to be old and wise then come with something better please. Wanting people to be paid a living wage isn't exactly what I would call a travesty.

Quoting Billiejeens:

You seem very young and inexperienced.

Are you familiar with the words "lawful" and "unlawful"?

Quoting latashac:

I don't see how people earning a living wage screams danger. Congress is useless yet continue to be paid well. They think Americans should earn less while they raise their own salaries that WE all pay for. I say sign away Mr. President. You cannot oppose welfare and a living wage. What bufoons think that is actually a working argument??

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